Bag-holder



(No Model) H. R. ROYSTON.

BAG HOLDER.

Patented May 20, 1884.

ATTORNEYS.

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HERBERT R. ROYSTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAG- 'HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,89 dated May 20, 1884-. Application filed October 18, 1883. (N0 model.)

To whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT R. RoYs'roN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a simple contrivance of a basepiece for attaching to the wall, counter, or other support, with an elastic band stretched between two points of said base, be-

tween which band and base the package of bags is to be placed for being held so as to be pulled out one by one as wanted for use. The connecting device for one end of the band is adjustable along the base for setting the holder for wide or narrow bags, and when the holder is to be attached to the under side of a counter or shelf, a wire is used to assist in holding up the bags, and another wire serves as a stop to prevent drawing out more bags than required by the friction of one on another, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved bag-holder as arranged for being attached to the under side of a counter. Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 and of part of the counter to which it is supposed to be attached, on line a: 00. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder as attached to the side of a wall, and Fig. elis a plan view of the back or upper side of the base of the holder.

The said base may consist of a thin plate of metal, to, having the edges 2) turned up sidewise to rest on the side of the wall or the under side of a counter, a, to support the part a sufficiently distant from the wall or counter to afford space under the part a for the fasteningpins cl, which are employed to connect the elastic band 6 to the base by passing the band through slots 0 and f of said base. The slot 0 is merely wide enough for the band to pass through, but slot f is extended along the base a distance equal to the difference between the breadth of the widest and narrowest bags to be held. Along slot ffianges g are turned inward, and these flanges have notches it along them, in which to set the pin (1, according to the width of the bags. The packaged of bags is to be placed between the elastic band 6 and the base a, to be held by the contracting band 0, which will close on the remaining bags and hold them as the pile diminishes. The baseplate may have a filling of wood or other material, j, to prevent collapsing it by the screw is, employed for attaching the base to the wall or counter.

WVhen I attach the holder to the under side of a counter, c, I will employ a wire arm, Z, to hold up the back. end of the package i, said arm to be attached to the counter by a screw, m, or other means, and being suitably bent to reach under the bags and hold them up, as shown in Fig. 1; and to permit one or more bags being drawn from drawing others along with them by friction, I will employ a stopwire, a, also to be attached to the under side of the counter by a screw, 0, or other means, which wire will have a bent portion, 1), suitably shaped to rise nearly up to the under side of the counter in front of the ends of the bags, with another bend, q, above the bags near the front ends, so that the ends of the bags will not rise over 12, except when raised up to be pulled over to be drawn out. The operator will then take the end of the upper bag between his thumb and finger and raise it over bend p, at the same time pressing the others down below the top of p, when they will be retained by it, while the one'selected is pulled out.

If desired, the base a may be extensible by dividing it transversely at the middle and con necting the two parts to the block j, so as to be shifted along the block, as shown in Fig. 1. In such construction the series of notches h may be dispensed with; or both devices may be employed for a wide range of adjustment, when preferred. v i

The base a may be made adjustable without the block j by fastening the two parts of the base to a counter or shelf at the desired distance apart, and the bend q in the wire a may be dispensed with.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The improved bag-holder constructed of 100 a base,,a, and elastic band 0, in combination, substantially as described.

2. The combination of base a,havingflanges a and the elastic band a, constructed and ar- I 5 b and slots 0 f, with the elastic band 0 and connecting-pins d, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the base a, having flanges b, slots 0 f, and the series of notches h, with the elastic band 6 and fastening-pins d, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the base a, having flanges b and slots e f, and being made in two sections, with the connecting-block j, elastic band 6, and the fastening-pins d, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the bag-supporting arm lwith the bag-holder, consisting of base ranged as described.

6. The end stop, 1), in combination'with the bag-holder, consisting of base a and elastic band 0, substantially as described.

7. The combination of the end stop, 1), and 20 the top resser, q, with the bag-holder, consisting of the base a and elastic band e, substantially as described.

HERBERT R. ROYSTON.

\Vitnesses:

E. EVERSHED, D. W. ADAMS. 

